Favorite Part of Police Lifestyle

After a few somber posts, let's cheer up a bit. What's your favorite part of the law enforcement lifestyle?

My favorite part, hands down, are the stories my husband brings home of the idiots he see out in the big wide world.  You know who I mean...the people who even Jerry Springer would reject.  The people who, if they had a brain cell, it would be lonely.  Or the winners who believe they are entitled to act in a certain way for the most, uh, unique of reasons.

What's your favorite part?  The floor is yours!

Over-Under on Police Relationships

My husband was a cop when I met him; it's all I've know him to be as a profession.  But not everyone marries into the law enforcement lifestyle.

I'm curious.  How many of you were together with significant other before they became a police officer?  How many, like me, didn't meet your other half until he was already in law enforcement?

I'm wondering what the over-under on these types of relationship is - is it harder to make the transition into being a police spouse, or is it harder to go into a relationship knowing that it may be challenging, both psychologically and logistically?

I think that it must surely be harder if you suddenly transform into a police spouse.  Afterall, you knew a totally different life beforehand.  Whereas if you go into it with your eyes open to the realities of this life, you may be better prepared.

But maybe that's just my opinion from my own experience.  What do you think?